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Best HDD/SSD for local media hosting (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Need to expand local storage for local media streaming. Running a regular desktop on linux.

I am willing to spend money on "the best" for streaming purpose while and hopefully something I can keep reusing down the road if it lasts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whatever you get, get at least two and do RAID1/5/6. They will break.

Speed shouldn't be an issue for streaming media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

yeah that's what I was thinking. how complex is it to set up raid on linux?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

LVM is a good way to do raid on linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's extremely simple. Although I prefer ZFS I will give you an example with BTRFS since it's easier to get going. RAID1 in BTRFS is considered stable (RAID5/6 is not).

sudo mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid1 /dev/sdx /dev/sdy # Create raid array with BTRFS
sudo mkdir /mnt/storage # Create your mount directory
echo "/dev/sdx /mnt/storage btrfs noatime,compress=zstd 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab # Set raid array to mount at boot
sudo mount -t btrfs -o noatime,compress=zstd /dev/sdx /mnt/storage # Manually mount the first time

You would also probably wanna set up a btrfs scrub once per month, either with systemd-timers or cron, whatever you prefer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Depends on your setup. I'm a btrfs guy, so I'd go with something similar as your other reply. It's just as easy to remove/replace/add drives. They don't even have to match in size. Just remember to balance after doing modifications to your array.